Unscramble POLYCHETE and you have 192 words, POLYCHETE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is TELECOPY, 15 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POLYCHETE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 12 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in POLYCHETE: TELECOPY, 15 points.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with POLYCHETE letters: ECOTYPE, for 14 points.
CHYLE, PHYLE and TECHY share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLYCHETE. HOTEL, CLOTH and ELECT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from POLYCHETE, the top score is 12, reached by 4. HELP, TYPE and TECH are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words in POLYCHETE is HYP, 11 points; HEY and HOY on 9 follow. TOP, HOT and LET are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of POLYCHETE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ECHOEY, ECOTYPE, LYCHEE and PHYTOL (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: POLYCHETE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLYCHETE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 192) | 149 | 192 | 132 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: TELECOPY, ECTOPY, POTCHE, CHELP, CLYPE, POTCH, COTYLE, LYTHE, CETYL, CLOYE, COLEY, HYLE and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: POLYCHETE, LYCH, LOCHE, PLOYE, ECHT, OCHE, PHEO, TECH, OCH, PHO, TELCO, YEET and 5 more.
These 2 words take every letter of POLYCHETE plus a single extra one.